JIMMY: Yeah. They said the only one injured in the explosion was Shields.

DUCKY: They did indeed.

JIMMY: There's someone unaccounted for.

DUCKY: Mister Palmer, what I'm about to show you may force you to reevaluate your theory.

JIMMY: French fried poodle.

DUCKY: The family pet. Who was, tragically, inside the car. I can just see those FBI forensic weasels sitting around laughing, picturing what I'm going to look like performing a forensic autopsy on this poor creature.

JIMMY: What are you going to do?

DUCKY: Oh, let them laugh. Alexander The Great had a dog. A Mastiff named Peritas. Yeah, nobody laughed about her. When she died, he led the funeral procession. He built monuments to her. Ordered yearly celebrations in her memory.

JIMMY: When I was a kid, I used to bury our pets under our porch until my mom found out. She was pretty upset.

DUCKY: They didn't want you to bury your pets?

JIMMY: No, we lived on the tenth floor of an apartment building.

DUCKY: Right. Ah.

JIMMY: What is it, Doctor?

DUCKY: You see that? I'm going to take a look. Open this up. Here we go. Get that up to Abby. Oh, you poor thing. This would never have happened to Peritas.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

GIBBS: I would like for everyone to go about their normal lives as much as possible. McGee?

TONY: McGee, systems check. Hey!

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INT. MTAC - DAY

MCGEE:

MCGEE:

MCGEE: Okay, camera one is up. Camera Two and Three, give me infrared full spectrum sweep.

(V.O.) Camera Three.

Okay, punch up camera four.

(V.O.) Camera Four okay to go.

All right.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

MCGEE: (V.O./FILTERED) We're up and operational, Tony.

TONY: Boss.

GIBBS: We will try to keep a low profile, but we need your cooperation. If you see anything suspicious, you tell us.

JEN: I don't believe this. Can I sleep at Amy's house?

GIBBS: Not a good idea.

KATE: We'll need advance notice to clear it.

(JEN WALKS O.S.)

DAVID: It's all been kind of stressful.

WILLY: I'm outta here. It's an expression. Bed.

TONY: Hey listen, uh... you and me... we're kind of, you know, going to be hanging.

TONY: What? I'm just brushing my teeth. Oh hey, don't use up all the hot water. 'Cause you've been in there forever.

KATE: (V.O.) Tony, now long have you been in here?

TONY: Long enough to know you can't sing and you haven't shaved your legs in a week. (LAUGHS) Outrageous.

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EXT. NCIS HEADQUARTERS - DAY

REYES: (V.O.) The bomb was C-four.

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INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY

REYES: Mercury detonator shake charge. We ran the identifying taggants on it and it turns out that it....

GIBBS: Stolen from a military base in Kuwait.

REYES: And how do you know that?

GIBBS: A French poodle told me.

REYES: It's linked to Al Qaeda units overseas. We've identified three individuals in the country who may have links to their cells. Do you know how to use this?

GIBBS: Sure.

REYES: You have no idea what that is, do you?

GIBBS: Not really.

REYES: Didn't figure you for a tech type, Gibbs. Kahlid Hassan. Suspected in planning three bombings in North Africa. He was spotted by a Virginia traffic control camera in D.C. last week. Roland Al--

GIBBS: (OVERLAP) Roland Alan Moore. Former Petty Officer. Medically discharged when he lost two fingers in an engine room accident. Put in jail for bombing a recruiting office.

REYES: Converted to Islam in prison.

GIBBS: And escaped a work detail three months ago.

REYES: Well, our computer geeks suspect that he's one of the people posting threats to Commander Shields on the Islamic website. Fernando Petroya. He owns five ice cream parlors in Montgomery and Charles County. We believe they are money laundering funds for Al Qaeda linked to the Philippines.

GIBBS: What's his connection to Commander Shields?

REYES: Well, he was sighted in the vicinity of the bombing ten days ago. I mean, it could just be a coincidence.

GIBBS: Okay, bring him in for questioning.

REYES: I can't do that. If I do it'll tip him off we're on to him. And we are hoping that he will lead us to some of his contacts in the states.

GIBBS: While you are hoping I have a Navy family living in fear they'll be executed on their way to the mall.

REYES: If we bring him in, all we're going to get is his name and some B.S. cover story

GIBBS: Not if you put him in a room with me.

REYES: It's not going to happen. (BEAT) Sorry.

GIBBS: Hey, don't forget your thingymagiggy.

REYES: Hold on. It needs to be dis....connected first. You did that on purpose.

MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:

EXT. HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

LYLE: I don't believe this! I bought tickets! It's Green Day!

JEN: You're acting like it's my fault.

LYLE: Just tell me, are you going to go with me or not? Yes or no? What's it going to be, Jen?

ABBY: You've got mail from the FBI! I think that agent has the hots for you. Okay, you're right. She's really not your type. She sent me highly encrypted "J-Pegs." Public key's got sixty four numbers. It took me longer to input the password than it took the program to decrypt the cipher text. Um... machine making pretty pictures now.

(SFX: PHONE RINGS)

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah. Gibbs.(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)

(SCENE CUT)

REYES: (INTO PHONE) You got the stills?

GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) Yeah.

REYES: (INTO PHONE) We took them off the ice cream man's computer, Fernando Petroya.

(SCENE CUT)

REYES: (V.O./FILTERED) We extracted his hard drive, cloned it and returned it. (INTO PHONE) And he doesn't even know.

(SCENE CUT)

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) He had Commander Shields under surveillance.

REYES: (V.O./FILTERED) Yeah.

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) I want him brought in.

(SCENE CUT)

REYES: (INTO PHONE) Look, I told you I can't. Not yet. We need his whole cell.

(SCENE CUT)

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) We are running out of time here, Agent Reyes.

REYES: (V.O./FILTERED) Look, you got--

(SCENE CUT)

REYES: (INTO PHONE) ...Your people on the family. They'll be fine.

(SCENE CUT)

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) For a few more days.

REYES: (V.O./FILTERED) Don't worry.

(SCENE CUT)

REYES: (INTO PHONE) After that the FBI will pick up protection.

(SCENE CUT)

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.

MCGEE: (V.O./FILTERED) Boss, I need you up here.(END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)

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INT. MTAC - DAY

MCGEE: Someone in the backyard. Kate and Tony are intercepting. Come on.

CUT TO:

EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT

(MUSIC OVER ACTION/TONY AND KATE MOVE TOWARD THE HOUSE)

(SFX: THUMP NOISE)

(FADE OUT)

MUSIC IN:

INT. HOUSE - NIGHT

(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ TONY AND KATE MOVE QUICKLY UPSTAIRS)

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INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT

(MUSIC OVER ACTION)

(DOOR OPENS)

(SFX: JEN SCREAMS)

JEN: No! No, wait! It's...!

TONY: Freeze!

(DOOR OPENS)

JEN: Don't shoot him!

KATE: Jen, get out! Get out!

JEN: Don't!

KATE: Jen, go now!

LYLE: I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!

KATE: Stand down, Tony. It's her boyfriend.

TONY: You're not real bright, kid. You're lucky you don't have two holes in that face of yours.

SHIELDS: Boyfriend?!

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INT. MTAC - DAY

KATE: (ON MONITOR) Gibbs, Kate. False alarm.

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) One of the kids?

KATE: (ON MONITOR) Daughter's boyfriend. Probably not the first time he snuck in, but I guarantee it's the last. Mom packs a Glock.

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Where is Romeo now?

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INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

KATE: (INTO PHONE) On his way home to change his pants.

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INT. MTAC - DAY

KATE: (ON MONITOR) And Juliet is getting her butt reamed by the Capulets.

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Roger that. Standing down. Keep us informed.

KATE: (ON MONITOR) You got it.(END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)

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INT. CORRIDOR - NIGHT

KATE: What are you doing?

TONY: Listening.

KATE: That is just wrong.

TONY: Sneaking her horny boyfriend into a house filled with armed federal agents who are on the look-out for Al Qaeda assassins. That's wrong, Kate. Me, I'm just trying to gather some valuable intel so I can do my job better. (SHIELDS LECTURES JEN B.G.)

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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

SHIELDS: I mean, Jen, what the hell were you thinking?

JEN: We weren't going to have s*x, if that's what you're worried about.

SHIELDS: That's not the point! That boy could have been killed!

JEN: You don't even know his name!

DAVID: We ought to just calm down...

JEN: We've been dating for six months, Mom. His name is Lyle. Lyle Chambers.

SHIELDS: Let's stay on target, young lady. This is not about names.

JEN: On target? Do you think I'm one of your sailors?

DAVID: That's enough, Jennifer.

JEN: She doesn't know anything about my life, Dad. And why do you think that is, Commander?

DAVID: I'm warning you. Do not speak to your mom like that.

JEN: Oh, all of a sudden you're concerned with Mom's feelings.

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INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

DAVID: (V.O.) What is that supposed to mean?

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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

JEN: What a joke.

SHIELDS: Is there something I should know here?

JEN: Forget it. Just forget it. Can I go to bed now?

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INT. NCIS LAB - NIGHT

ABBY: We've got a face, I think.

GIBBS: I've seen better pictures of Sasquatch.

ABBY: Well, the fact that it's a reflection limits the details.

GIBBS: Well, yeah. I can see that, Abby.

ABBY: And the face... if it is a face, it looks like it's turned away.

GIBBS: Okay, so let's focus on something smaller.

ABBY: Like what?

GIBBS: Like a hand. If you were placing a bomb underneath a car... your other hand would be on the side panel.

ABBY: Huh. That might actually work. Oh, I can see the paper now. Digital optical enhancement of reflective surfaces with scattered refractive properties.

GIBBS: Sounds like a bestseller. I need the answers soon, Abs.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

SHIELDS: Those were happier times.

KATE: Thank you.

SHIELDS: I'm sorry about last night. I don't know what that girl was thinking.

KATE: It happens. Teenagers, right?

SHIELDS: It just feels like yesterday that she was... um.. playing with dolls and following me around the house. But now...

KATE: Well, raising a family and having a full time military career.... I don't know how you've managed it.

SHIELDS: I didn't. That's why I'm getting out. It had nothing to do with Afghanistan.

KATE: But you could retire in five years. Full pension...medical.

SHIELDS: My last deployment lasted for over a year. When I came home my babies ... my little boy and girl... Willy wouldn't even speak to me. And Jen was five inches taller and practically a stranger. The constant moving, the uncertainty, the time away. David does a great job, but it's too much for him. For all of us.

KATE: Have you thought about what you're going to do when you get out?

SHIELDS: Learn how to be a mother. I certainly can't do any worse.

KATE: You're being too hard on yourself, Commander. From where I stand you're a role model.

SHIELDS: You know...what was my biggest fear in the Navy? This feeling that everything I was fighting for, everything that I wanted to protect... wouldn't be here when I got back. And now I've brought the war home with me.

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INT. NCIS LAB - DAY

ABBY: Check this out, Gibbs. We got a hand.

GIBBS: That's a hand?

ABBY: That's the best I could do. Maybe not good enough.

GIBBS: How so?

ABBY: Well, for some reason there's one area that none of the enhancement programs will work on.

GIBBS: Can you tell if he's Middle Eastern?

ABBY: Either that or African American.

GIBBS: He's only got three fingers.

ABBY: I know. I think the program screwed up. Sorry, Gibbs.

GIBBS: He didn't.

ABBY: He didn't what?

GIBBS: Have fingers there.

ABBY: So it worked?

GIBBS: Uh-huh.

ABBY: Cool. So what is he? Some sort of killer shop teacher?

GIBBS: Killer squid. Thanks, Abs.

ABBY: Yep.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

DAVID: This is insane, Micki.

SHIELDS: When you're stressed, you eat. I run.

DAVID: Look, why don't you just use the treadmill?

SHIELDS: It's not the same.

DAVID: Okay, you know what? Why don't you do whatever you want, okay? You always do anyway.

SHIELDS: Agents DiNozzo and Todd are going to be with me. It's a run. What's the worse that can happen?

DAVID: Uh... you could get shot by a sniper!

SHIELDS: That would solve a lot of problems, wouldn't it?

DAVID: I can't even believe that you said that. What is wrong with you?

SHIELDS: I can't believe a lot of things lately, David.

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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

KATE: Running out in the open... this is not a good idea.

TONY: Well, she's stubborn, won't listen to reason, and is definitely used to getting her own way. Kind of reminds me of someone.

KATE: Yeah, like a female Gibbs.

TONY: See, I was thinking you.

(SFX: DOOR BELL)

(DOOR OPENS)

TONY: Nice you could make it, Probie.

MCGEE: Traffic was a nightmare. I'm sorry.

(DOOR CLOSES)

TONY: In the real world of real agents, we account for things like traffic, McGee. We'll be back in about an hour. The monster's up in his room. Listen, don't take it personally if he completely ignores you which he will.

GIBBS: You're hoping Moore will try it again. You want to roll up his entire network.

REYES: So what if I am?

GIBBS: My people are protecting that family. If they have to, they will die doing it. If that happens... ask Fornell what I'd do.

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EXT. STREET - DAY

SHIELDS: I run this route everyday. It's exactly six miles. You up for an eight minute pace?

KATE: I am. Let me check with my partner. (TO TONY) You up for an eight minute pace?

TONY: Behind us. White panel van, been with us the last two turns.

KATE: All right, let's drop back. If he makes this turn we abort.

TONY: (INTO RADIO) McGee, we might have a situation here.

KATE: Twelve o'clock... the intersection.

TONY: I see him.

KATE: Ambush? (SHOUTS) Take cover!

TONY: Break left! Break left!

(SFX: CAR TIRES SCREECH)

(SFX: EXPLOSION)

(FADE OUT)

FADE IN:

EXT. STREET - DAY (PHOTO FLASHES)

GIBBS: How's the Commander?

KATE: She's fine except for a few bruises she got when she hit the deck. Tony has her and the entire clan locked down at the house.

GIBBS: No more runs, Kate.

KATE: You don't have to tell me twice, Gibbs. We got lucky today. The blast was mostly contained inside the vehicle. Of course there's also the matter of the five FBI agents that Tony and I almost shot.

GRETA: Well, because I live just right over there. When I heard the explosion and I saw her carried away and I thought...

KATE: She was just a little dazed, that's all.

GRETA: Thank God. Listen, do you think it would be all right if we went over and visited?

KATE: The best thing you can do for her right now, Mrs. Boyen, is go home.

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INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY

GIBBS: I got that coffee for you, Agent Reyes. It's not as strong as mine, but if you don't want it.

REYES: You know, I've been waiting twenty minutes, Gibbs. I - I am not used to waiting. I don't like waiting.

GIBBS: Oh, yeah. That's why I got you coffee. Are you sure you don't want to try it?

REYES: What the hell do you want?

GIBBS: Roland Allan Moore. In my chat room. One hour.

REYES: It's not going to happen until he leads us to everyone in his cell.

GIBBS: I'll get their names.

REYES: Oh, how? Are you going to force feed him your coffee?

GIBBS: (LAUGHS) You see, DiNozzo was wrong about you. You do have a sense of humor. Don't miss the six o'clock news, Agent Reyes.

REYES: What the hell have you done?

GIBBS: Nothing yet. But isn't our FBI using an American family as terrorist bait news?

REYES: You'll blow our entire operation.

GIBBS: Sure. But I'll also get Moore in my chat room.

REYES: Look. Even an agent as arrogant as you are has to know that what you're threatening is a career ender.

GIBBS: Only if he doesn't talk. If he does, it's a career maker. (INTO PHONE) Suzanne McRoberts, please. Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS. (TO REYES) You've seen Suzanne on TV. She's cute, blonde, does the anchor on the news. That had better mean we have a deal or you're going to lose a finger.

REYES: If you don't crack Moore, the appendage that I'll cut off will mean so much more to you than a finger.

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INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY

MCGEE: Oh, wow! You're reading Moonstone! Hey, you know Dorothy Sayers thought that was the best detective storey ever written. And T.S. Eliot... he called Moonstone....

REYES: (OVERLAP) Where the hell is Gibbs?

MCGEE: The first true English Detective novel. Uh... Gibbs is prepping Roland Alan Moore for interrogation.

REYES: Prepping? You mean like physically abusing him?

MCGEE: No, no, no, no. Gibbs never lays a finger on a suspect... at least not after we have them in custody.

REYES: So what the hell is it exactly that he does to... prep them?

MCGEE: Well, it varies from suspect to suspect. And I really can't say what he does.

GIBBS: Oh, I know. That's just what my reports going to say. Anyway. After you hang yourself your body will be autopsied here by Doctor Mallard. Hey Duck, where are you going to start to cut on Roland?

DUCKY: Is he going to hang himself?

GIBBS: Uh-huh.

DUCKY: Oh.

MORRIS: You're not going to do this.

GIBBS: He doesn't know me very well, does he?

DUCKY: Obviously not. I remember one terrorist we had...

GIBBS: All right, Ducky. No war stories.

DUCKY: Oh right. I might start with his head, Jethro. I can make a cut here behind the ear, around the back to the other one. Then I'd pull the skin down over your face so I can take the Striker saw to take the top of your skull off.

MORRIS: Get away from me.

GIBBS: I don't think he wants you to start there, Duck.

DUCKY: Oh no matter. I can always use a "Y" cut to begin with. Let me show you. It's quite simple, really. We take the skull then we cut here and here. Here we go. And then we make a cut all the way down to just above the pubic bone. Now we separate the skin from the muscle and the tissue. And then we take these and we cut them ...

(SFX: DUCKY CUTS THE RIB BONES)

DUCKY: Once I've opened you up... then we take this and we put it down here. And then I can take out your heart... What do you know? And then we go up to the trachea and pull it out... along with your tongue.

(DUCKY REMOVES THE BODY PARTS)

(DUCKY STRUGGLES TO REMOVE THE BODY PARTS)

SUZANNE: (V.O.) The FBI announced the arrest of four alleged terrorists today.

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INT. SHIELD'S DEN - DAY

SUZANNE: (ON TV) They are believed to be an Al Qaeda cell responsible for the bombing of Navy Lieutenant Commander Micki Shield's car at a Tacoma Park supermarket on Wednesday, and a (V.O.) second car bombing yesterday on a street where she was jogging. An FBI spokesperson said a suspect they had under surveillance led them to a Silver Springs apartment where they captured the entire cell without firing a shot. (ON TV) Lieutenant Commander Shields was the Naval aviator...

SHIELDS: The news is really depressing these days.

TONY: You have no idea, Commander Shields.

SHIELDS: Actually not Commander anymore. Terminal leave is up. I am just Mrs. Micki Shields now. I kind of like the sound of that.

DAVID: That's good.

GIBBS: Are we going to let these people get on with their lives, or are we going to stand here and stare them to death.

MCGEE: The equipment is loaded and stored. Ready to move, Boss.

GIBBS: Well, then move, McGee.

KATE: If you tell anyone where you got it, I will deny it under oath.

JEN: A blank hall pass.

KATE: Signed by the principal.

JEN: Undated.

KATE: Erasable ink is the key. It's always worked for me.

TONY: Hey! Well, here you go.

WILLY: Thanks.

TONY: Yeah, I wouldn't wear it unless I had to. Cool. If there's anything you can think of.

WILLY: Shades.

TONY: What?

WILLY: I like your sunglasses.

TONY: Yeah, but that's not surprising because they're super cool, Willy. But you see, the thing about these is are...these are really grown up shades.

GIBBS: We're out of here.

WILLY: Thanks! Sweet!

(TONY HIGH FIVES WILLY)

WILLY: Ooh!

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EXT. CAR - MOVING

TONY: (V.O.) Polarized lenses.

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INT. CAR - MOVING

TONY: Impact protected. Raked-back curvature. They were special order, Boss.

GIBBS: I never special order.

MCGEE: Isn't that funny. Neither do I.

TONY: There's nothing funny about this, McGee. And what part of this conversation is about you anyway?

MCGEE: Only the part about special ordering.

KATE: I always special order. It's a bright day out today.

(SFX: PHONE RINGS)

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah, Abs.(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS:

ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) So the FBI...

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Finally sent copies of the evidence from the second bombing. The patterns don't match the first. The second's more "boom"...

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED)....Than bomb. There was no shrapnel.

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Fertilizer and oil instead of C-four.

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) And placement inside the car limited the spread.

GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Amateur night.

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Sounds like. Oh, something else, my hero.

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) It was triggered by some sort of crude remote control. Like...

(SCENE CUT)

ABBY: (INTO PHONE) ...a garage door opener. Couldn't have had a range of more than a hundred feet.